Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Nov 2003 17:25:41 -0800 | From | Dan Kegel <> | Subject | Re: allocating netlink families? |
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David S. Miller wrote: > On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 16:43:20 -0800 > Dan Kegel <dkegel@ixiacom.com> wrote: > > >>Has there been any discussion of how one should pick >>netlink family numbers for new stuff like netkeeper? >>Sure, everyone could use NETLINK_USERSOCK, but >>that means only one new netlink module could be resident at a time... > > > When it's determined to be useful and to be added to > the main kernel sources, we'll allocate a number. > Before that time, there is no need to allocate. We'd > run out quickly if everyone with a funny netlink thing they > wanted to do asked for a number.
I guess I was really wondering what somebody who wants to use two netlink things in the same system should do. Steal family 31, I suppose. Ah, well. I'll just happily use NETLINK_USERSOCK, and won't ask about clashes until I really run into one.
- Dan
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